This week, a video posted by Boston Dynamics to its YouTube channel has revealed an impressive new skill developed for Atlas, the company's humanoid robot. As can be seen from the video below, Atlas can not only leap from platform to platform, but it can also do backflips - and celebrate its success.

Such a skill is impressive due to the difficulty posed by the balance required for a two-legged robot to even stay still or walk properly. Of course, we are still years away from having humanoid robots walking among us through the streets but, with the technology at today's level of development, it will be interesting to see what Boston Dynamics will be able to achieve now that it is financed by SoftBank.